Part of the Middle Eastern culture that many people dont think about is the celebrations of those that live their such as birthday celebrations. Many people in Egypt and in parts of the Middle East don't even celebrate birthdays because they think it's "Un-Islamic" or simply not part of their culture. One man even stated that "I don't like it when someone tells me happy brithday. It's like a reminder that I'm getting closer to death."
Some symbols of the East or in this case in Egypt included the Ankh or symbol of life that looks like a modern day religious cross in almost everyway except that it has a loop on the top. Another symbol is the All Seeing Eye or Eye of Horus which is found all over the world, including all U.S. paper currency, and shows a pyramid with the top slightly raised above the rest and containing an open eye that supposedly overlooks all that goes on in the world.


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http://www.shira.net/culture/birthdays.htm
http://www.shira.net/symbols.htm